I think perhaps John has a little unspoken thing for Mr. William Shatner. How many posts in the last month have featured him? And can it be mere coincidence that they involve Shatner either speaking about homosexuals or wearing a tank top. Hmmm…

Recognition

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On Our TV blog points to an interview with Masi Oka, everyone's favorite sword-wielding time-traveling hero from Heroes. As a companion link to the previous, see also Heroes Haiku. John Scalzi interviews Sean Williams, author of The Crooked Letter and The Blood Debt. (And let's not forget last year's thought-provoking The Resurrected Man.) Deep Genre has 20 Lines That Could Continue Reading →

"Best of the Year" lists start appearing as early as November, so we are perhaps a little late in asking folks around the community: Q: What were the best genre-related books, movies and/or shows you consumed in 2009? [Also added was this note: They don't have to have been released in 2009. Feel free to choose any combination of genres Continue Reading →

To promote the release of Gathering Darkness, the third novel in the Falling Kingdoms series by Morgan Rhodes, SF Signal has a sweet Falling Kingdoms prize pack to give away to 1 lucky SF Signal reader, courtesy of Penguin Young Readers! The winner will receive: Book 1: Falling Kingdoms (paperback) Book 2: Rebel Spring (paperback) Book 3: Gathering Darkness Continue Reading →

Inspired by the real Dante Alighieri, but adapted for a new generation and a new medium, the hero of the game is a soldier who defies death and fights for love against impossible odds. The Italian mercenary Dante returns home from the wars to find that his beloved Beatrice has been murdered, and her soul pulled down into Hell by Continue Reading →

Just like Dream London before it, Tony Ballantyne's sequel gets some excellent cover art from Joey HiFi. Check out the synopsis and cover (larger version below) for the upcoming novel Dream Paris by Tony Ballantyne.